I'd have to say Dire Maul is the least popular for anyone but warlocks and palidans

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Try as Alliance to get someone to run Razorfen Kraul. Mauradon is fairly painful as well with it's long, multi-wing configuration requiring completion to create an item to gain access to the final wing / boss. Plus, it's smack in the middle of Desolace. I know on my server, Alliance tend to skip over that zone completely.

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I also frequently hear - "Plaguelands, Where is that? Never been there." from toons in Outlands. So I'm assuming that Scholo and Strat aren't visited that much any more either.

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I always thought Maraudon was rather pretty, long, with nice encounters. Stratholme remains one of my favorites, even though it is a pain sometimes. I never had a problem with Sunken Temple, I enjoyed the atmosphere.

Least favorite? AQ always annoyed me, but maybe it was just from the bugs.

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I personally love BFD, and this is probably cause it was my first instance ever. Back two and half years ago when I was a wee Nelf Drood Nooblet my guild was ready to conquer the unknown! Well I distinctly remember after about 5000 wipes hating the place, but I look back on it know with fond memories...

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I love BFD. Some of the best caster loot that lvl range, ever.

Stockades is crap. And I've never been to the one in Ogr either.

SFK is my fav, next to Deadmines.

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Gnomer. Went there for the first and last time ever this week.

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Is it possible to get together 20 people who want to run Zul Gurub? Maybe it's my lower-pop server, but that one seems fairly useless.

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I haven't bothered to get or finish the staff of Celebras for Maraudon, but I've been lucky enough to run it with a guy that has the last few times. I remember going through purple was boring, tedious, and not nearly as fun as Inner Maraudon, which is one of the most beautiful parts of WoW (especially Earth Song Falls).

With my main, I've gone from level 1-52 in just over two months, but I don't think I'll ever see the inside of DM, Scholo, Strat, LBRS, UBRS, BWL, ZG, MC, or Naxx. Nobody does them at all anymore.

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I visited BFD quite a few times on hordeside as Ashenvale is a pretty decent leveling zone while in that range. I've only been to Gnomergan once, and I never really wanted to go back to Uldaman after i got it done the first time.

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If you mean least visited since BC came out, I'd imagine Naxx would win, followed by AQ, ZG, BWL, MC, Scholo, Strat, and UBRS (in no particular order). There's simply no reason to do any of those now except on a "hey lets go run X" whim. Of the ones listed, Naxx has the steepest attunement requirements acting as an additional barrier (most characters made since BC came out aren't even Honored with Argent Dawn, forget about spending Orbs and Nexus Crystals).

Among lower stuff, RFK definitely wins for Alliance, and that was true even before BC. Aside from Warriors, there is only one quest in the place, and its in a spot very few people go until they're higher level then the instance anyway. RFD, BFD, and SFK would also be up there.

Maraudon is out of the way, but it has good quest XP and some great loot for its level, so a lot of people find a way to do it. Its also in a level range where you really need quests due to how spread out things are, so its more worth doing then something like SFK.

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With one 70 and 2 60+s (horde), I've never visited BFD. I would think the cap city instances would qualify as most lame and least important however.

Probably top on my crap instances list: Ulda and WC

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I'm going to have to second the nomination for Gnomer. It's just boring as hell, and the loot sucks. Only a few people I know have done it more than once, despite numerous alts. The only ones who have did so to help other players on their maiden trip through.

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Of those that I've visted Gnomer, Uldaman, and Wailing Caverns are the most boring.

Deadmines is my second to best instance, second only to the awesomeness of SFK.

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The only thing I bother with in Gnomer is to pick up a Hydrocane (http://www.thottbot.com/?i=Hydrocane). Other than that I hate it. Ulda is annoying too, if the enchanting trainer wasn't in there I doubt anyone would visit it ever.

I agree with the SFK comments, I love that instance!

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Razorfen Downs is the one that comes to mind for me, for both horde and alliance. It's big brother, Razorfen Krawl, is much more well attended (by horde at least), but RFD usually gets passed up by eveyone but the odd person looking for gear. Though Gnomer is probably a good bet too...
This is pre BC mind you. These days even Scarlet Monestary has seen a drop in attendance.

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There was no shortage of people in SM on monday night. I'd say BFD is the least visited according to my experience. I don't think I've ever been there after 3 60's and working up another.

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Uldaman for me. Ive never liked that instance, and as a Horde player, its a bit out of the way of where I am leveling at that stage anyhow.

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BFD is definatley the least visited pre BC. But I liked it because it felt like you were at the end of the world. Were no one dared to travel. Post BC. Bliz needs to do something about all those forgotten raids. Turn them into 5 or 10 man with nice drops. Is that so hard to do. Maybe have a heroic mode with a tier drop in each one.

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@15 if a mage ports you to shattrath you dont even have to go to ulda..

Speaking of ulda... whens Uldum in tanaris gonna have some content.

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